Title:
HYDROGEN MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLYING APPARATUS AND ELECTRIC MOTORCAR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/1998/019960
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
An electric motorcar, on which a fuel cell making use of hydrogen as a fuel gas is loaded, a hydrogen manufacturing and supplying apparatus for supplying the electric motorcar with hydrogen, and a hydrogen manufacturing and supplying method. When hydrogen is loaded on an electric motorcar as a fuel, it is difficult to safely and widely circulate hydrogen so as to make the same easily available. A hydrogen manufacturing and supplying apparatus of the invention makes hydrogen easily available by manufacturing hydrogen using as a stock material a commercial gas, for example, a city gas supplied to respective homes. When the hydrogen manufacturing apparatus of the invention is connected to a piping of the commercial gas for supplying of the commercial gas to the hydrogen manufacturing and supplying apparatus as a stock material, the stock material is subjected to reforming in the hydrogen manufacturing and supplying apparatus to generate a hydrogen rich gas, from which only hydrogen is then separated. Accordingly, it is possible to supply an electric motorcar with hydrogen generated from the commercial gas as a stock material by connecting the hydrogen manufacturing and supplying apparatus to the electric motorcar through a connector. In this manner, use of the hydrogen manufacturing and supplying apparatus of the invention enables loading hydrogen on an electric motorcar as a fuel gas without establishing any new circulation system.
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Inventors:
OGINO SHIGERU (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP1997/004055
Publication Date:
May 14, 1998
Filing Date:
November 06, 1997
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR CO LTD (JP)
OGINO SHIGERU (JP)
OGINO SHIGERU (JP)
International Classes:
B01B1/00; B60L11/18; C01B3/00; C01B3/34; C01B3/38; C01B3/50; H01M8/04; H01M8/06; (IPC1-7): C01B3/34; C01B3/50; B60L11/18
Foreign References:
| JPH03226203A | 1991-10-07 | |||
| JPS6370669U | 1988-05-12 | |||
| JPS62105901A | 1987-05-16 | |||
| JPH03217227A | 1991-09-25 | |||
| JPH07286794A | 1995-10-31 | |||
| JPH02307801A | 1990-12-21 | |||
| JPH04163860A | 1992-06-09 | |||
| JPH07237902A | 1995-09-12 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 0957063A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Igarashi, Takao (3-2 Nishiki 1-chome, Naka-k, Nagoya-shi Aichi, JP)
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